Jon Taffer, the host of “Bar Rescue” on Paramount Network, said the introduction of legal sports betting could save the food and beverage service industry ー and hike ever-plummeting NFL viewership.

“The fringe fans that sort of like football will bet two dollars. Suddenly, they’re involved,” Taffer said Friday in an interview on Cheddar. “It’s an opportunity to involve fans more, but also pull in fringe fans through what I am going to call nominal betting.”